Announcements
07.01.2026 - 09.01.2026 Matteo D'Avanzo, SNS & INALCO

We are thrilled to announce an opportunity to contribute to the Eighth International Multidisciplinary Conference, to be held from January 7–9, 2026, at Birkbeck, University of London, and The Wiener Holocaust Library, London. This prestigious conference will bring together scholars from various disciplines to discuss and expand research on survivors of Nazi persecution and related themes.

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Reviews
Rev. by Michel Espagne, CNRS/ENS Paris

Dans les travaux sur l’histoire du livre on accorde généralement peu d’attention au groupe des agents littéraires. Or ceux-ci ont pu jouer un rôle fondamental dans l’histoire des transferts culturels. C’est cette lacune que tente avec succès de combler l’ouvrage de Laurence Cossu-Beaumont en se concentrant sur deux figures de la vie littéraire franco-américaine dans les années 1920 et 1930 que l’on peut aussi considérer comme les inventeurs d’un nouveau métier.

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Journals

Naturgrenzen. Herrschaftlich-territoriale Aneignung von Gewässern,
Wäldern und Bergen vor 1815 |
Limites naturelles. Les eaux, forêts et montagnes face au territoire (du Moyen Âge au début de l’époque contemporaine)

Ed. by Maike Schmidt and Laurent Jalabert

Borders have often referenced natural features such as rivers, forests and mountains.

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Articles
By Jens Jäger, Historisches Institut, Universität zu Köln

Interpol – or rather the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) [1], as it was known until 1956 – was the only international organization to fall entirely into German hands after 1933. In contrast to the Nazi policy towards international organizations, which was generally ambivalent if not hostile [2], the new leaders of the German police took a keen interest in the ICPC.

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Conference Reports
21.05.2024 - 24.05.2024 Berber Bevernage / Eva Willems, Ghent University; Felipe Brandi /José Neves / Luis Trindade, NOVA University Lisbon; Kenan Van De Mieroop-Al Bahrani, Leiden University
By Norbert Fabian, Institut für soziale Bewegungen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum